Papers, 1771-1907.

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Papers, 1771-1907.

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Family papers date from 1839 to 1879. The earliest one is an unsigned letter by Abercrombie in Fla. in diary form relating an expedition against the Indians. Early correspondence pertains to Abercrombie's career in the military. The Civil War correspondence is mainly to and from family members, but a few are from other officers about military matters. One wartime letter concerns politics in Pa. in 1863 and Lincoln. Much of the correspondence is to and from "Sallie" Patterson, Abercrombie's sister and wife of General Robert Patterson. Abercrombie was brevetted brigadier general at the end of the war and retired from military service on June 12, 1865.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Patterson, Sallie.

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Abercrombie, John

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U.S. brigadier general who served in Second Seminole War and Mexican War. From the description of Papers, 1771-1907. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526811 ...